Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil

Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil

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Prayer for the Catechumens before the Holy Oblation, which the Priest utters secretly.

O Lord our God, Who dwellest iu the highest, and lookest upon all Thy works ; look upon Thy servants the Catechumens, who have bowed down their necks before Thee, and grant them the easy yoke : make them worthy members of Thy holy Church, and fit them for the laver of regeneration, the forgiveness of sins, and the garment of incorruption, unto the knowledge of Thee, our Very God.

Exclamation.

That they with us may glorify, etc., a.s in Litwyy of S. Chrysostom.

First Prayrr (f the P'airhful after the Corporal is Pinfolded, uhirh the Priest utters secretly.

Thou, O Lord, hast disclosed to us the great mystery of salvatifin ; Thou hast counted us, Thy humble and unworthy servants, worthy to be ministers of Thy holy Altar, do Thou make us, Ijy the power of the Hoi.y Ghost, fit for this oflice, that standing uncondemned before Thy holy glory', we may present unto Thee tlie sacrifice of praise. For Thou art He that workest all things in all men ; grant, 0 Lord, that our sacrifice may be acceptable

and well-pleasing in Thy sight, for our own sins, aud for the ignorances of Thy people.

When the Priest has said the prayer, the Deacon recites the pefition for Peace, if appointed, outside the holy Bema.

Again and again. Assist, preserve. Making mention of the all-holy, immaculate.

Deacon. — Wisdom.

The Priest (aloud). — For thee befits all glory, honour, and adoration, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to all ages of ages. Amen.

Second Prayer of the Faithful, which the Priest uttert

secretly.

0 God, "Who lookest in pity and compassion on our lowliness, Who hast set us, Thy lowly and sinful and unworthy servants, before Thy holy glory, to minister at Thy holy Altar, do Thou strengthen us by the might of Thy Holy Spirit for this office, and give us a word in the opening of our mouth, to invoke the grace of Thy Holy Spirit upon the gifts about to be set before Thee.

Prayer of the Offertory, after the deposition of the divine Gifts upon the Holy Table, which the Priest utters secretly.

0 Lord our God, Who hast created us, and brought us into this life, Who hast shewn us ways unto salvation. Who hast graciously bestowed on us the revelation of heavenly mysteries ; Thou art He Who hath appointed us unto this office, in the power of Thy Holy Spirit. Vouchsafe then, 0 Lord, that we may be ministers of Thy New Testament, celebrants of Thy holy Mysteries: receive us, according to the mulfitude of Thy mercy, drawing near to Thy holy Altar, that we may be worthy to offer Thee-

this reasonable and unbloody sacrifice, for our own sins, and for the ignorances of the people : receiving which at Thy holy and spiritual altar, for a sweetsmelling savour, send down on us in retui'n the grace of Thy Holy Spirit. Eegard us, 0 God, and look upon this our service, and accept it, as Thou didst accept the gifts of Abel, the sacrifices of Noah, the whole burnt-oil'erings of Abiahiim, the priestly ministrations of Moses and Aaron, the peace-offerings of Samuel, as Thou didst accept this true service from Thy holy Apostles, so accept these Gifts in Thy goodness, 0 Lord, from the hands of us sinners, that, counted worthy to minister blamelessly at Thy holy Altar, we may find tbo vowavd of fiiithful and wise stewards, iu the di'cadful day of TJiy just retribution.

The Priest aloud.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be witli you all.

Choir , And with tliy spirit.

Priest. Let us lift up our hearts.

Chair. We lift them up unto the Lord.

Priest. Let us give tlianks unto the Lord.

Choir. It is meet and right to worsbip tlie Pathkr, Son. and Holy Ghost, consubstantial and undivided Trinity.

The Priest, bend in r/ doivn, prni/s sccrrlh/.

Jehovah, Master, Lord, God, Father Almkjhty, adored : it is truly meet, and riglit, and belittnig tbo majesty of Thy holiness, to praise Thee, iiynm Thee, bless Thee, worship Tbce, give lluuiks to Theo, glorify Tbee, the one only God, and to olTer 'Uheo this our reasonable service iu a contrite heart

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and a spirit of lowliness : for Thou art He Who hath vouchsafed unto us the knowledge of Thy truth. And who is sufficient to express Thy noble acts, or make all Thy praises to be heard, or to tell of all Thy wondrous works at every time ? Master of all things, Lord of heaven and earth, and of every creature visible and invisible, Who sittest upon the theone of glory, and beholdest the abysses, unbeginning, invisible, incomprehensible, uncircumscript, unchangeable Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the great God and Saviour of our hope. Who is the image of Thy goodness, seal of equal type, manifesting in Himself Thee the Father, Living Word, Very Goobeforethe worlds, .Wisdom, Life, Sanctification, Power, Very Light, by Whom the Holy Ghost was disclosed, the Spirit of truth, the grace of adoption, the earnest of future inheritance, the first-fruits of eternal blessings, the quickening might, the fount of sanctification, by Whom every reasonable and spiritual creature empowered serveth Thee and sends up to Thee the everlasting doxology, for all things are Thy servants. For the angels, archangels, theones, principalities, powers, dominations, virtues, and many-eyed cherubim praise Thee, and the seraphim stand around Thee, the one having six wings, and the other having six wings, and with two cover their faces and with two their feet, with two they do fly, and shout one to the other with unceasing mouths, with unsilenced doxologies,

The Priest, aloud.

Singing, crying, shouting, and saying the triumphal byniu :

Choi). Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna

in the highest. Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Then the Deacon does the same as is set down in the Liturgy of Chrysostom, and the Priest prays secretly :

With the blessed Powers, 0 loving Master, we sinners also ciy and say. Holy art Thou, of a truth, and All-holy, and there is no measure for the majesty of Thy holiness, and Thou art sacred in all Thy works, Ijccause in righteousness of true judgment Thou hast done all things unto us ; for having formed man, taking clay from the earth, and. honouring him, O God, witli Thine own image, Thou didst place him in the Paradise of pleasure, promising him immortality of life and enjoyment of eternal blessings in the keeping of Thy commandments, but when he disobeyed Thee the Very God. his Creator, and was led away by the guile of thf^ serpent, and died in his own transgressions. Thou didst drive him forth in Tby riglitoous judgment, O God, from Paradise into tliis world, and madest him return to the eartli whence he was taken, providing for him the salvation which is of regeneration, whicli is in Him Thine Anointed. For Thou didst not turn away utterly from Thy creature which Thou madfst, 0 Good One, nor didst forget the work of Thy liands, l)ut didst visit it in many ways theoiigli tlie bowels of Thy mercy. Thou didst send out proi)hcts ; Thou wroiiglitest mighty things theougli Thy Saints who [)leiised Thee in each generation. Thou spakest unto us by the month of Thy servants the Prophets, foretelling us the future salvation ; Thou gavcst the Law for an help ; Thou appointedst Angels as guardians. And when the fulness of the times was come, Thou .spakest unto us in Thy Son Himself, by Whom Thou madest

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the worlds. "Who being the brightness of Thy glory, and the express image of Thy Person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, thought it not robbery to be equal to Thee, His God and Father, but being God before the worlds, was seen upon earth, and mingled with men, and incarnate of a holy Virgin, emptied Himself, talking the form of a servant, made like to the body of our humility, that He might make us like unto the image of His glory. For whereas sin entered into the world by man, and death by sin. Thine Only-Begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of Thee, God and Father, born of a woman, the holy Mother of God and ever- Virgin Mary, born under the Law, was pleased to condemn sin in His Flesh ; that they who died in Adam might be made alive in Him Thy Christ, and dwelling as a citizen in this world, giving us statutes of salvation, and withdrawing us from the error of idolatry. He brought us unto the knowledge of Thee, Very God and Father, having acquired us for Himself a peculiar people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and having cleansed us in water, and hallowed us with the Holy Ghost, He gave Himself a ransom unto death, wherein we were held, sold under sin, and passing by the Cross into Hades, that He might fill all things with Himself, He loosed the pains of death, and arising the third day, and having made with His flesh a way for the resurrection of the dead, because it was not possible that the Prince of Life should be overcome of corruption, He became the first-fruits of them that slept, the first-born from the dead, that He might have the pre-eminence in all thiiigs over all men, and ascending to the Heavens, he sat down on the right hand of Thy Majesty in the liighest. And He shall come again to reward every man according to his works, and

He hath left us as a memorial of His saving Passion these things, which we have presented according to His commandments ; for when He was about to go to His vohmtary, and famous, and quickening death, in the niglit wiien He gave up Himself for the life of the world, taking bread into His holy and spotless liands, having shewn it to Thee, His God and Father, having given thanks, blessed, hallowed, broken it,

The Priest, lifting the holy Paten uith his right hand, shews it, saying aloud.

He gave it to His holy Disciples and Apostles, saying : Take, eat : this is My Body which is broken for you, for the remission of sins.

The Choir chfini.s. Amen.

'J'heu the Priest and the Deacon do exactly as in the Litnrgy uj Ohrysostom.

The Priest, secretly.

Likewise takiir^' the Clialice of the fruit of the vine, having mingled, given thanks, blessed, hallowed it.

And lifting the holy Chalice in like manner reverently with his riijld hand, he shews it, saying aloud,

Jlegave it to His holy Disciples and Apostles, saying, Drink ye all of it, for this is My Jilood of the Now Testament, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of bins.

The Choir chants. Amen.

The Priest, bowing his head, prays secretly :

Do this in remembrance of Me. For as often as ye sliall cat this J>niid, and drink this Cu}), ye d. clare My Death, and confess My Resurrection. Therefore, we also, O Master, remembering thisi

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saving Passion, the quickening Cross, the theee clays' Burial, the Eesurrection from the dead, the Ascension to the heavens, the Session on Thy Right Hand, God and Father, and His glorious and terrible second Coming,

The Priest, alovd.

Offer Thee Thine own of Thine own, according to all, and theough all. (^)

The Choir chants. We hymn Thee, we bless Thee, we give thanks to Thee, 0 Lord, and beseech Thee, our God.

The Priest bottinr; his head, prays secretly.

Therefore, All-holy Master, we also. Thy sinful and unworthy servants, who have been counted worthy to minister at Thy holy Altar, not theough our own righteousness, (for we have done no good thing upon the earth) but theough Thy mercies and compassions, which Thou hast richly poured upon us, have courage to draw near to Thy holy Altar, and presenting the anfitypes of the holy Body and Blood of Thy CiipasT, we beseech Thee, and invoke Thee, Holy of Holies, theough the good-will of Thy

(1) Kara iravra, Kol 5<a -jrivra. This is obscure, but from the immediate sequence of the hymn of the Choir, I think the words belong to it, rather than to the words of oblation, and that we may supply xp^fou to the first irdura, and ^wpia to the second. The whole will then run thus : Priest. At all times and in all places. Choir. We hymn Thee, &c. L.

('■') This word is not peculiar to S. Basil. It is found in this same sense, applied to the visible species of Bread and "Wine, in S. Macarius, Hom. xxviii., S. Greg. Nazianz. Orat. xi., Germanus, Theor. Eccles. ; Theodoret, Dialog, ii., and in the Apostolical Consfitutions, v. 1?>. S. .Jolni Damascene and Mark of Ephesus both agree that the phrase is used only before consecration, just as Westerns similarly use the v.ord elementg, but not afterwards. But this is hardly borne out by

bounty, that Thy Holy Ghost may come upon us, and on these (xifts lying hefore Thee, and bless, and hallow, and shew. (^)

The Deacon lays aside the fan ivhich he was holding, or the veil, and comes nearer to the Priest, and both adore theice before the holy Table, praying moreover to themselves.

God be merciful to mo a sinner. They say it secretly theice.

Then,

0 Lord, Who at the tliird hour didst send down TJiine All-holy Spikit on the Apostles, take Him not, 0 good (Jue, away from us.

Versicle. Make nic a clean heart, 0 God, and renew a li'.dit spirit within me. Glory, &c.

the language of the Fathers generally, as for example, Tertiillian and S. Augustine, who use tlio terra Jigura of the consecrated Bpecies. The true explaniition seems to be that tlie visible Body and Blood of CiriusT is culled the tuttoj, or Heal, bearing the Imago of God, and the consecrated spc(^i('s the dcTiTi/TToi/, impressed by the jjower of that seal, brought ii])on tlicni by the Holy Ojiost, and yet not locally nor numerically commensurate (as S. Thomas Aijiiinas points out) with Ciiiust's visible human form, though mystically identical with it.— L.

(") ovootijai. The Latin copies add hero directly, " this Breiul to be the precious Body of our Loiu> and (ion and Savioijb Jesus Chkist, and that which is in this (Jindice the very Blood of our Loan Goi> and Haviouk Jksijs Cniiisr, which was shed for the life of the world." And as Marii of Kphesus actually cites these words in Greek as found in 8. Basil, it seems that they have either dropped out \wrv. tlirough the carelessness of cojiyiHts, or, as is more i)robable, that the passages which precede thom are later interpolations. The verb ava^tiKvi'iia does not merely mean tn nhmr, but to mitkc or cruixfitiiir siiraetbing, f-'iving it a cbuiacter which it had not before, and is so used more than once by the LXX. — L.

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Blessed art Thou, Cheist our God, &c., {as in S. Chri/sofitom, p. 90.)

Now and ever, dc. When the Highest, descending, &c.

Then the Deacon, lowing his head, points to tlie holy Bread with his stole, and says secretly,

Sir, hless the holy Bread.

And the Priest, standini/ up, sif/ns the holy Gifts^ sayincj secretly,

This bread to be the precious Body Itself of our LoED, and God, and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Dcdcoit. Amen. And then again. Sir, bless the holy Chalice.

And the Priest, blessing, says,

And this Chalice, the Precious Blood Itself of our Lord, and God, and Saviour Jesus Christ. Deacon. Amen. Priest. Which was shed for the life of the world.

Deacon. Amen. And again, pointing with his stole to both the Holy Things, he says,

Sir, bless both.

And the Priest, lAessing loth the Holy Things with his

hand, >^ays.

Changing them by Thy PIoly Spirit. Deacon. Amen, Amen, Amen.

And the Deacon, bowing his head to the Priest, and

saying, Remember, 0 Holy Master, me a sinner,

shifts to his former position, taking up the fan again, as before.

Priest. That Thou wouldest unite all of us, who are partakers of the One Broad, and of the Chalice, to one another unto the fellowship of one Holy

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Spirit, and not cause any of us to partake of the holj' Body and Blood of Thy Christ unto judgment or condemnation, but tliat we may find mercy and grace with all Thy Saints, who have pk-ased Thee from [the beginning of] the world, Forefathers, Fathers, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Heralds, Evangelists, Martyrs, Confessors, Teachers, and every just spirit, perfected in faith. (Aloiul.) Especially of our all-holy, immaculate, supereminently blessed, glorious Lady, the Mother of God, and evci:- Virgin Mai*y.

IVie Choir chants. The whole creation [as in Liturgy of S. James, p. 54.] Bat if it he Maundy Thursday, they chant, to the second oblique tone, (*)

0 Son of Cod, receive me to-day as a guest at Thy mystic Supper, f(jr I will not disclose Thy mystery to Thy foes. I will not give Thee a kiss, like Judas, but like the thief. I confess to Tliee. Eemembcr mc, 0 Lord, in Thy Kingdom.

]f it be Holy Saturday, they sing the troparion to the firnt obli/jue tone. (")

Let all mortal flesh be silent, &c., [as in Liturgy oj S. JaincH, p. tJB.)

The Deacon censes the I Inly Tulilc round about, and commemorates the Dijitychs of both the living and the Hleeping, uhonisoever he will.

The Prii'st prays secretly. [Commrwornting] Saint John, FoicruiJiier and I'.aptist, the holy and allcelebrated Apostles, Saint N. whoso memorial we obaervT, and all Thy Saints, theough whose intercession look upon us, 0 God. And remember all

i*) The Fourth Gregorian Toc9 of the Western Church. • Second Gregorian Tone.

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who have fallen asleep in the hope of resurrection unto life eternal.

Then the Priest comviemorates whom he will, living and dead. And for the livi)ir/ he saith,

For salvation, visitation, remission of sins of the servant of God, N.

And for the dead, he saith,

For repose, and remission of the soul of Thy servant N. in a place of light, where sorrow and sighing are put away. Give him rest, 0 our God.

Then this prayer, secretly.

And give them rest, where the light of Thy countenance looketh upon them. Further we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, remember Thy holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, from one end of the world unto the other, and give peace unto it, which Thou hast purchased with the precious Blood of Thy Christ, and strengthen this holy House until the consummation of the world. Remember, 0 Lord, them who have offered their holy gifts unto Thee, and them for whom, and theough whom, or for what ends they have offered them. Eemember, O Lord, them Avho bring forth fruit, and do good works in Thy lioly Churches, and who remember the poor. Recompense them with Thy rich and heavenly graces. Vouchsafe them things heavenly for things earthly, eternal for temporal, incorruptible for corruptible things. Eemember, 0 Lord, those in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth. Eemember, 0 Lord, tliem who live in virginity, and piety, and discipline, and holy conversation. Remember, 0 Lord, our most i>ious and faithful Sovereigns, whom Thou hast given tlie right to reign over the earth. Crown them with the

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shield of truth, the shield of good will, (") overshadow their head in the day of battle, strengthen their arm ; uplift their right hand, sta])lish their kingdom ; put all barbarous nations, which desire war, under them, vouchsafe them profound and inviolate peace ; speak good things xmto their heart for Thy Church and all Thy people, that we may spend during their calm time, a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and holiness. Remember, 0 Lord, every magistracy and authority, and our l)rethee)i in the palace, and all the army. Preserve the good in Thy goodness, and make the evil good in Thy bounty, lieniember, 0 Lord, the people which stand around, and those who are absent for reasonable causes, and have mercy on them and us, according to the mulfitude of Thy mercy. Fill their stores with every good thing, keep their unions in peace and concord, rear up the infants, guide; the youth, strengtlien the old, comfort the timid, collect the scattered, bring l)ack the erring, and unite thcin to Thy holy Catbolic and Apostolic Church. Free those troubled by unclean spirits ; sall together with them that sall; journey with travellers, stand Ijeforo tlie widows, shield the ori)b:ins, doiiver tlie captives, heal the sick, llemember, O (Jon, tbem that are in trials, and Ininishments, and all tribulation, and necessity, and distress, and all tlieiii tliat need Thy great loving-kmihiess, and tliein wiiicJi love us, and which hate us, and those who have enjoined us, unwortby as we are, to pray for them. And, O Loiti) our Goj), remember nil Thy people, and ])our out on all men Thy rich mercy, granting tf) all their pefitions unto salvation. And them whom we, theough ignorance, or forgetfulness, or the number oi'

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names, have not remembered, do Thou, 0 God, remember them, Who knowest tlie age and the name of each cue, Who knowest each from his mother's Avomb. For Thou, 0 God, art the Help of the helpless, the Hope of the hopeless, the Saviour of the tempesttost, the Harbour of mariners, the Physician of the sick. Be Tliou Thyself all things to all men, Who knowest each, and his pefition, his dwelling, and his need. Deliver, 0 Lord, this city, and every city and country, from famine, pestilence, earthquake, inundation, fire, sword, incursion of foreigners, and from civil war. (Aloud.) In the first place, remember, 0 Lord, our Archbishop N., whom vouchsafe to Thy holy Cliurclies in peace, safe, honoured, hoalthful, long-hved, and rightly dividing the word of truth.

And the Deacon, stand'mrf hy the door, saith,

For the most sacred Metropolitan, or Bishop, N., and for him who presents these holy gifts, etc., as far as And of all Thy servants and handmaids.

Thr Choir chants. And of all Thy servants and handmaids.

Priest, {secretly.) Eemember, 0 Lord, every see of tlie orthodox, who rightly divide the word of Thy truth. Remember, 0 Lord, according to the mulfitude of Thy compassions and of my unworthiness ; forgive me every offence voluntary and involuntary, and withdraw not the grace of Thy Holy Spirit from the Gifts lying before Thee, because of my sins. Eemember, 0 Lord, the Presbytery, the Diaconate in Christ, and every priestly oi-der, and make none of us ashamed who compass Thy holy Altar. Visit us in Thy Ijountj, 0 Lord, be manifest unto us in Thy rich compassions, vouchsafe Ub temperate ar?.d wbolesome weather, bestow

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showers on the earth for the produce of fruit, bless the crown of the year of Thy goodness, quiet the schisms of the Churches, quench the boastings of the nations, quickly destroy the uprisings of heresies, by the power of Thy Holy Spirit ; receiving us all into Thy kingdom, making us children of light, and children of the day. Vouchsafe us Thy peace and Thy love, 0 Lord our God, for Thou hast given us all things. (Aloud.) And grant us with one mouth and one heart to glorify and praise Thine all-honoured and majestic Name, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,^ now and ever, and to ages of ages.

The Priest turns to the door, and blessing, saith aloud,

And the mercies of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, shall be with us all.

And the Deacon {if he he presini, nihcrwise, the Priest) goes forth, dud standimj In the usual place, saith.

Making mention of all the Saints. Again and again in peace, let us beseech the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy.

And so on, as in the lAturgy of Chrijsostom.

For the precious Gifts offered and hallowed.

Tliat our loving God.

That we may be delivered.

Priest, (siririli/.) 0 our GoD, GoD of salvation^ teach us Thyself to give Thee wortliy thanks for Thy benefits, which Thou hast done, and still doest amongst us. Do Thou, our God, Who accci»tcst these Gifts, purify us from every pollution of tlesh and spirit, and teach us to maintain perfect holinesa

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in 'I'liy fear, that receiving in the pure witness of out conscience the portion of Thy hallowed things, we may be united to the holy Body and Blood of Thy Christ, and receiving them worthily, w6 may have Christ dwelling in our hearts, and become the temple of Thy Holy Spirit. Yea, 0 our God, and make none of us guilty of these awful and heavenly mysteries, nor weak in soul and body from partaking of them unworthily ; but grant us unto our last breath worthily to receive the portion of Thy hallowed things, as the viaticum of life everlasting, as an acceptable plea at the terrible Judgmentseat of Thy Christ, that we also, with all Thy Saints, who have pleased Thee from [the beginning of] the world, may become partakers of Thine everlasting good things, which Thou hast prepared, 0 Lord, for them that love Thee.

Deacon.

Assist, save, have mercy, &c.

That we may pass all this day.

The angel of peace, a faithful guide.

Pardon and remission.

What are good and profitable to our souls.

That we may pass the remainder of our time.

That the ends of our life may be Christian.

Asking for the unity of the Faith, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, let us present ourselves and one another, and all our life to Christ our Lord.

Priest, (aloud.) And count us worthy, 0 Master, boldly to venture, uncondemned, to call on Theo our heavenly God and Father, and to say.

People. Our Father, &c.

Priest. For Thine is the Kingdom, &c. Then. Peace to all.

Deacon. Let us bow down our heads unto tbe Lord.

Briest. Master, Lord, Father of compassions, and God of all consolation, bless, hallow, strengthen, •stablish them who have bowed down their heads unto Thee, withdi-aw them from every evil deed, unite them to every good deed, and make them worthy to partake uncondemned of these Thy spotless and quickening mysteries, for the remission of sins, for the fellowship of the Holy Ghost. {Aloud.) Through the grace, and comiiassion, and loving-khidncss of Thine Only- Begotten Sox\, with Whom Thou art blessed, together with Thine allholy, and good, and quickening Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Prirst. Advance, 0 Lord Jesus Christ, our God, from Thy holy dwelling-phice, and from the theone of the glory of Thy kingdom, and come to hallow us, Who Kittest on liigh with tlio Father, and art here iuvisildy present with us, and deign with Thy mighty Hand to give us a share in Thy spotless Body and Precious Blood, and by us to all the people. {Aloud.)

Deacon. Let us attend.

Priest. Holy things for holy persons.

When the Communion is ended, and lite hulij Mysteries have been taken from the sacred Table, tlie I'riest praijs.

We give thanks to Thee, O Lord our God, for the reception of Thy lioly, spotless, immortal, and heavenly myi-teries, which Thou liast given ns lor the benefit and sancfitication and healing of our souls and Ijodics. Thyself. O Master of sill things, grant that tbe Coiinnuiiion of the holy Body and Blood of Thy Christ may be to us unto faitb that maketh not ashamed, unto love unfeigned

unto fulness of wisdom, itnto healing of sold and body, unto defeat of every foe, unto fulfilment of Thy commandments, unto an acceptable plea at the terrible judgment-seat of Thy Christ.

Deacon. Eiglitly partaking of the divine, holy, spotless, immortal, heavenly, and quickening mysteries.

Assist, preserve, have mercy, &c.

Priest, [aloud.) For Thou art our sanctification, and unto Thee we ascribe the glory, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Priest. Let us go forth in peace. Deacon. Let us beseech the Lord

Prayer behivd the Ambon, pronounced by the Priest.

0 Lord, Who blessest them that bless Thee, and hallowest them that trust in Thee, save Thy ]icople and bless Thine inheritance ; guard the fulness of Thy Church, hallow them that love the beauty of Thine house ; give them a glorious reward theough Thy divine power, and leave us not, who hope in Thee. Grant peace unto Thy world, to Thy Churches, to the Priests, to our sovereigns, to the army, and to all Thy people, because eveiy good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from Thee, the Father of lights ; and to Thee we ascribe the glory, and thanksgiving, and adoration, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages.

Prayer while the Holy Things are put away.

The Mystery of Thy dispensation, 0 Christ our God, is accomplished and perfected, so far as lies in our power. For we have the memorial of Thy death, we have seen the figure of Thy resurrec-

tion, we have beeu filled with Thine unending life. We have enjoyed Thine inexhaustibh pleasure,, of which vouchsafe to count us all worthy in the world to come. Through the grace of Thine unbegining Father, and Thy holy, and good, and quickening Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Ameu.

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The Priest advances with the Deacon to the Altar,

Priest. Glory to God in the highest.

Deacon. Amen.

Priest. Glory to God in the highest.

Deacon. Amen.

Priest and Deacon. And on earth peace, and a good hope to men. Our Father, Which art in heaven, hallowed he Thy Name : Holy, Holy, Holy : Our Father, Which art in heaven, heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory, and Angels and men exclaim to Thee, Holy, Holy, Holy. Our Father, Which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name : Thy kingdom come : Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven : Give us this day the bread of our necessity : And forgive us our sins, as we also forgive our debtors : And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : for Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Priest. Strengthen, 0 Lord God, our infirmity by Thy mercy, that we may minister in Thy holy Sacraments, given for the salvation and renewal of our nature, theough the love of Thy most dearly beloved Son, 0 Lord of all things, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Deacon. Amen.